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Raptis Rare Books carries a variety of rare and antique books including many signed or autographed books. If you’re looking for a particular piece of work with an authentic signature, you’ve come to the right place. Browse our collection of autographed books here & contact us for any questions!
    A Masque of Reason.

    Frost, Robert

    A Masque of Reason.

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.

    First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost to Samuel Plotkin.” Near fine in a near fi...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-97478
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    Paddington Takes The Air.

    Bond, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum

    Paddington Takes The Air.

    London: Collins, 1970.

    First edition of the ninth title in Bond’s classic Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “With all good wish...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-47090
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    A House For Mr. Biswas

    Naipaul, V.S

    A House For Mr. Biswas

    New York: Everyman's Library/ Knopf, 1995.

    First edition of the Everyman’s Library of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page.
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-2188
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    The New Industrial State.

    Galbraith, John Kenneth

    The New Industrial State.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.

    First edition of this Galbraith landmark work. Octavo, original brown cloth. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows only the lightest o...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-1499
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    Within the Gates.

    O'Casey, Sean

    Within the Gates.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1933.

    First edition of this work by the Irish dramatist and memoirist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “From Se...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-106738
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    Real Peace: A Strategy for the West.

    Nixon, Richard

    Real Peace: A Strategy for the West.

    New York: Privately Printed for Richard Nixon, 1983.

    The privately printed limited first edition of Nixon’s fifth book. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine. One of 1,000 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by th...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-152046
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    The Seasons’ Difference.

    Buechner, Frederick

    The Seasons’ Difference.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952.

    First edition of Frederick Buechner’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author on the front free endpaper, “This was the most ins...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-92504
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    A New Life.

    Malamud, Bernard

    A New Life.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

    First edition of Malamud’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Susie and Paul, Old friends, Everything good Bern...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-100098
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    A Rumor of War.

    Caputo, Philip

    A Rumor of War.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.

    Advanced reading copy of the first edition of this classic work which the Los Angeles Times Book Review called “heartbreaking, terrifying, and enraging. It belongs to the literature of men at wa...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-140064
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    Men From Earth.

    Aldrin, Buzz and Malcolm McConnell

    Men From Earth.

    New York: Bantam Books, 1989.

    First edition of Aldrin’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page, :To Bob Best Wishes Buzz Aldrin” and...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-144989
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    Return to Earth.

    Aldrin, Buzz

    Return to Earth.

    New York: Random House, 1973.

    First edition of this work by the second man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the front free endpaper. Ne...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-146590
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    Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business.

    Pistone, Joe and Charles Brandt

    Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business.

    Philadelphia: Running Press, 2007.

    First edition of this account of the FBI agent’s undercover operation. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Joe Pistone (Donnie...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-147903
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    Architecture + Process: Gehry Talks.

    Gehry, Frank

    Architecture + Process: Gehry Talks.

    New York: Rizzoli, 1999.

    First edition of this overview of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrations throughout.  Presentation copy, inscribed by Frank Gehry on the half-t...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-112371
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    The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

    Priestley, J.B. [Raymond Chandler]

    The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

    London: William Heinemann, 1950.

    First edition of Priestley’s works on realism with elements of psychological insight and social critique. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-149027
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    Howard Stern: Miss America.

    Stern, Howard

    Howard Stern: Miss America.

    New York: Regan Books, 1995.

    First edition of Howard Stern’s second autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed and dated by Howard Stern in black...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-151170
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    Kashmir In Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War.

    Schofield, Victoria [Madeleine Albright]

    Kashmir In Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War.

    New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2010.

    First printing of the revised edition of the comprehensive historical and political analysis of the Kashmir conflict. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by author on the...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-149093
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    Soul Mountain.

    Xingjian, Gao

    Soul Mountain.

    New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

    First edition in English of the author’s magnum opus, which led to him winning the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-138016
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    Child of Change: An Autobiography.

    Kasparov, Garry

    Child of Change: An Autobiography.

    London: Hutchinson , 1987.

    First edition of this chess legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-5392
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    Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission.

    Kean, Thomas H. and Lee H. Hamilton [Alvin S. Felzenberg]

    Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission.

    Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2006.

    Signed limited first edition of the Easton Press edition of this work by the co-chairmen of the 9/11 Commission. Octavo, original black leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compart...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-149779
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    Young Man with a Horn.

    Baker, Dorothy

    Young Man with a Horn.

    Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.

    First edition of this novel, which was the basis for the classic 1950 American film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernande...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-140685
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    Blue Nights.

    Didion, Joan

    Blue Nights.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

    First edition of this intensely personal and moving account of Joan Didion’s thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness and growing old. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly s...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-116868
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    Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators For Improving Your Investment Results.

    Schannep, Jack

    Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators For Improving Your Investment Results.

    Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.

    First edition of the investor’s must-read on trading strategy. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “Hope some of the ideas in this b...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-124830
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    A First Family of Tasajara.

    Harte, Bret

    A First Family of Tasajara.

    London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.

    First edition of Harte’s classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “with the best New...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-96090
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    Why Capitalism?

    Meltzer, Allan H

    Why Capitalism?

    New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

    First edition of Meltzer’s Why Capitalism? Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Jack An old friend Best Wishes Allen Meltzer.” Additionally signed...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-43457
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